KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Kansas is getting about $21 million to expand community health centers in five cities.
The Department of Health and Human Services said in a release Tuesday that the $20 million is from the Affordable Care Act. The federal act provides about $9.5 billion to expand services over five years and $1.5 billion to support construction and renovation projects at community health centers.
The Kansas centers receiving money under the program are Prairiestar Health Center in Hutchinson, which will get $5 million; Konza Prairie Community Health Center, which gets about $4.5 million; Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas, $4.7 million; Salina Health Education Foundation, $2.7 million and the Hunter Health Clinic in Wichita, which gets about $4.6 million.
The department says about $728 million is going to health centers nationwide.
